Tragedy!

We all try to reach so deep insideover this, I pull my heart out and squeeze it dryTen years spent learning, playing and observing

The sheer fragility of this place we call a world

He woke that day with a subconscious certainty,that tomorrow he would rise, and the sun would shine…So unaware that a dark figure already had him slain Only ten years, one month old

Taken-

This darkened figure lay in waithe watched as the child waved and rode off with a smile,headed blissfully, toward his unknown fateThe sun was in full shine,the wind blew light

The boy rode on, no worries, no carespeaceful, his heart pumping strongwhen the van drove by, he didn’t take noticewhy should he, a hundred others cars just went by

Stop-

The van’s door made little noise, the hooded man, well rehearsed this wasn’t his first time

But the man’s eyes screamed dangerthat even a ten year old boy could recognizefive seconds, thats all it tookno neighbors heard or so much as even looked

The bike lay on it’s sideOne wheel still spins…It had just become the final resting placewhere undoubtedly, the boys spirit will forever reside

pain

One punch, that’s all it tookto black out the boys mindhe’d now seen light for the very last timeOne piece of tape, insured that his mother would never again see his gentle face

Gone-

What kind of man steals a boyonly ten years and one month old todayHe wasn’t even given the chance,to find his own way…….

All because, an evil man looked at a boyand all he saw him as… was prey

Everyday, children around our country are stolen. This poem I dedicate to them. Every child who got robbed of his/her chance to survive.

-please read Roger Samson’s poem “evil vs good” and loramae’s poem: “New eyes”. They have great takes on a similar sadness.

- Download the song" Visions" by Hans Zimmer (off the Invincible, movie soundtrack) and listen to it while you read this poem..I was listening to it while I wrote it. – it brings a whole new level to it.

Matt – this really touched me man. I have tried to write on the very same thing and found it hard to do. You did it masterfully. The thought of this kind of evil in the world just…..you know what I mean! Thanks for writing it Matt.

As a great teacher once said: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Jesus of Nazareth